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Book Title: Alexa’s a Spy and Other Things to Be Ticked off About, Humorous Essays on the Hassles of Our Time by Dorothy Rosby
Category: Adult Non-Fiction (18+) , 355 pages
Genre: Humorous Essay
Publisher: Unhinged Press
Release date: April, 2020
Content Rating: G - appropriate for general audience as defined above
Book Description:
"Alexa’s a Spy and Other Things to Be Ticked off About, Humorous Essays
on the Hassles of Our Time" is a low-brow look at high-minded living, a
good-natured (mostly) rant about some of the challenges we face and some
of the annoyances we deal with just because we’re alive and trying to
thrive at this moment in history. Part comedic call to arms and part
tongue-in-cheek tirade, "Alexa’s a Spy" goes after, among other things,
spammers and scammers, clutter and litter, intrusive technology and
uncivil discourse. Too much stuff, too much noise, too much to worry
about. Not enough patience, not enough kindness, not enough…chocolate?
As a syndicated humor columnist, Dorothy Rosby has been ranting for more
than 20 years in publications across the West and Midwest. If her
latest book doesn’t change the world, and most likely it won’t, we’ll at
least go down the tubes together, knowing how really foolish we’re all
being.
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My Review
Alexa's a Spy is a fun (and funny) collection of essays that tend to rant about everything and anything. There are technology rants. Grocery store rants. Spam email and scam phone call rants. And, yes, even some political rants. I have to admit, I kinda rolled my eyes when I got to the political essays, only because I'm so burned out on politics. I don't care which side it is; they both bum me out. However, the rest of the book had me laughing and nodding my head, agreeing with so many of the things that were brought up. I even read some of the snippets to my husband (at 2 AM), and as I was laughing so hard I was crying, my husband was like, "Why are you like this at 2 AM?" That's a good question. I have no idea why. But I find things more amusing in the early morning hours. But, also, my husband also found some of the stuff I read him amusing (and true) too. So there's that.
Honestly, this book is a much needed comic relief nowadays, and I would definitely recommend picking up a copy. Read it and laugh a little. Things will look a little brighter when you're done.
4 stars.
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My Review
Alexa's a Spy is a fun (and funny) collection of essays that tend to rant about everything and anything. There are technology rants. Grocery store rants. Spam email and scam phone call rants. And, yes, even some political rants. I have to admit, I kinda rolled my eyes when I got to the political essays, only because I'm so burned out on politics. I don't care which side it is; they both bum me out. However, the rest of the book had me laughing and nodding my head, agreeing with so many of the things that were brought up. I even read some of the snippets to my husband (at 2 AM), and as I was laughing so hard I was crying, my husband was like, "Why are you like this at 2 AM?" That's a good question. I have no idea why. But I find things more amusing in the early morning hours. But, also, my husband also found some of the stuff I read him amusing (and true) too. So there's that.
Honestly, this book is a much needed comic relief nowadays, and I would definitely recommend picking up a copy. Read it and laugh a little. Things will look a little brighter when you're done.
4 stars.
Meet the Author:
Dorothy Rosby is a
syndicated humor columnist and author of two other books of humorous
essays "I Used to Think I Was Not That Bad and Then I Got to Know Me
Better" and "I Didn’t Know You Could Make Birthday Cake from Scratch,
Parenting Blunders from Cradle to Empty Nest." She’s working on her
fourth and hoping to give it a shorter title—something like "Wow" or
"Best Seller." She lives in the Black Hills of South Dakota, 20 miles
from Mount Rushmore, something she’s very proud of even though she’s not
on it. Yet.
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Thank you so much for the review Jasmine! So glad I had you laughing at 2 a.m.! :)
ReplyDeleteYou're very welcome! :)
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